Spleen Tyrosine Kinase Confers Paclitaxel Resistance in Ovarian Cancer.

Adaptive chemoresistance and consequent tumor recurrence present major obstacles to the improvement of the prognosis and quality-of-life of patients with advanced-stage ovarian cancer. In this issue of Cancer Cell, Yu and colleagues describe the critical role of spleen tyrosine kinase (SYK) in paclitaxel resistance by modulating the stability of microtubules.